On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:40:33 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Because this is entirely a trivial saving. Who cares? Sheesh. > ... > Saving 18ms on a script that takes 50ms to execute *might* be > worthwhile, ...
I don't understand your attitude. Sure, we are talking slight savings in machine efficiency but I am sure the python developers have laboured many long hours on subtle optimisations of the virtual machine, many of which probably dwarf the issue discussed here. Tell them their work is trivial and unnecessary. Every little bit helps. Why do I concern myself with this inefficiency - because it is there. Of course I realise the modern mantra that "premature optimisation is the root of all evil" but I don't subscribe to it. Programmers have been "encouraged" to not give a toss about efficiency and the outcome is all too apparent - most software today looks and runs like a pile of crap. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
